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FILE - In this Nov. 7, 2009 file photo, officers from the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals unearth animal remains in the backyard of Sharon McDonough's Selden, N.Y., home in Suffolk County, Long Island, where 42 dead animals were found buried in her yard. On Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2010, the Suffolk County Legislature voted unanimously to create the nation's first animal abuse registry, which would require convicted animal abusers to place their names in an online registry, similar to child abuse registries that have sprung up in the past decade across the country. McDonough is facing charges of aggravated animal cruelty and if convicted would be subject to the new law. (AP Photo/Ed Betz, File)
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